Loyd Murphy Bagwell

Loyd Murphy Bagwell was born on 2 July 1917 in Mississippi. He was the son of Maxie Lee Bagwell and Alma Lee. Loyd Murphy Bagwell married Rose M. Huffman after 1935. Loyd Murphy Bagwell married Sarah Landrum circa 1970. Loyd Murphy Bagwell died on 18 December 1993 in Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, at age 76 The Choctaw Plaindealer, Ackerman, MSDecember 23, 1993 (Page 14)Loyd Murphy BagwellLoyd Murphy Bagwell, 76, died Saturday, December 18, at the Oktibbeha County Hospital. Services for Mr. Bagwell were held Monday, December 20, at 2 p.m. from Ackerman United Methodist Church. Burial followed at Enon Cemetery. A native of Choctaw County, he was a retired Master Sargent of the U.S. Air Force and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Mr. Bagwell was a member of VFW, American Legion, and U.S. Air Force Sergeants Association. He served on the administrative board of Ackerman United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Bagwell of Ackerman; two daughters, Gloria Armstrong of Starkville and Sarah Briggs of Round Rock, Texas; two stepsons, James Al McCulloch of Ackerman and Larry McCulloch Vinton, VA; one sister, Sara Frances White of Coffeeville; a brother, M. L. Bagwell of Carrolton; 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He was buried at Enon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ackerman, Choctaw County, Mississippi.

Beatrice Oline Bagwell

Beatrice Oline Bagwell was born on 17 July 1919 in Mississippi. She was the daughter of Maxie Lee Bagwell and Alma Lee. As of after 1945,her married name was Bruce. Beatrice Oline Bagwell married Grady Bruce after 1945. Beatrice Oline Bagwell died on 24 April 1974 at age 54.

Services for Sarah McCulloch Bagwell, 87, were Sept. 19, 2009, at Coleman Funeral Home in Ackerman with the Rev. George Buell officiating. Burial was in Enon Cemetery.

She retired from Irwin Manufacturing as an assistant plant manager with 34 years of service. She was a member of Ackerman United Methodist Church. Mrs. Bagwell died Sept. 15, 2009, at her residence in Ackerman.

Survivors include two sons, James Al McCulloch of Ackerman and Larry McCulloch of Roanoke, Va; two grandsons, two granddaughters and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Al McCulloch in 1960 and her husband of 29 years, Loyd Bagwell, in 1993. She was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Carla McCulloch.

Susan Bagwell was born Aug. 8, 1940, in Greensboro, Ga., to the late Ernst Victor Brender and Grovia Ann Lunsford Brender. She graduated from Young Harris College, Georgia Southern College and Emory University. For many years, she taught third grade at Duluth Grammar School and was a librarian at Duluth High School.

Beginning in the 1970s, she was a freelance writer and authored numerous articles for magazines including Birdwatcher’s Digest, Georgia Backroads, and Vegetarian Times. She was an avid birdwatcher and genealogist, and served as a Girl Scout leader for Troop 1227 in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Susan Bagwell was a member of the Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society, Friends of the Brunswick-Glynn County Library, and was a board member with the now defunct organization Old Town Brunswick Preservation Association. She was buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Union County, Georgia.